Online Sources of Information
The
Saudi Institute is based in McLean, VA. In the view of its
director, Ali Al-Ahmed, "There are three elements present in all
developed nations, but absent in all third world countries, including
Saudi Arabia. They are transparency, human rights, and real civic
society." Some parts of this website seem to be current, others less so.
The last entry on its "News" page on 25 Apr 03 was dated 14 Jan 02.
The
Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights
in Saudia Arabia is based in London but maintains a number of online
forums that are a useful source of information about Saudi Arabia.
Documents
Saudi Constitution, as translated and published by the
Saudi Institute.
Saudi Arabia's human rights record, in the words of the
U.S. State Department's 2002 Report "remained poor; although there were some
improvements in a few areas, serious problems remained. Citizens did not have
the right or the legal means to change their government. Security forces
continued to abuse detainees and prisoners, arbitrarily arrest and detain
persons, and hold them in incommunicado detention. Security forces committed
torture..."
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